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judge advocate |
judge advocate general |
judge's robe |
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judgement
| judgement by default
| judgement day
| judgement in personam
| judgement in rem
| judgement of dismissal
judgement
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun judgement has 7 senses
- judgement(n = noun.communication) judgment, legal opinion, opinion - the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision; "opinions are usually written by a single judge" is a kind of instrument, legal document, legal instrument, official document
- judgement(n = noun.cognition) judgment, mind - an opinion formed by judging something; "he was reluctant to make his judgment known"; "she changed her mind" has particulars: conclusion, decision, determination
- judgement(n = noun.cognition) judging, judgment - the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions; Array is a kind of deciding, decision making
- judgement(n = noun.cognition) discernment, judgment, sagaciousness, sagacity - the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations; Array has particulars: eye, common sense, good sense, gumption, horse sense, mother wit, sense, judiciousness, circumspection, discreetness, discretion, prudence, indiscreetness, injudiciousness
- judgement(n = noun.attribute) judgment, perspicacity, sound judgement, sound judgment - the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions; Array is a kind of trait
- judgement(n = noun.act) judgment, judicial decision - (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it; Array is a kind of due process, due process of law
- judgement(n = noun.act) assessment, judgment - the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event; "they criticized my judgment of the contestants" is a kind of act, deed, human action, human activity
has particulars: concurring opinion, dissenting opinion, majority opinion, fatwah, dictum, obiter dictum
is a kind of opinion, persuasion, sentiment, thought, view
has particulars: prejudgement, prejudgment
is a kind of sapience, wisdom
has particulars: objectiveness, objectivity, subjectiveness, subjectivity
has particulars: reversal, affirmation, cognovit judgement, cognovit judgment, confession of judgement, confession of judgment, default judgement, default judgment, judgement by default, judgment by default, non pros, non prosequitur, final decision, final judgment, judgement in personam, judgment in personam, personal judgement, personal judgment, judgement in rem, judgment in rem, dismissal, judgement of dismissal, judgment of dismissal, judgement on the merits, judgment on the merits, judgement on the pleadings, judgment on the pleadings, summary judgement, summary judgment, arbitrament, arbitration, arbitrement, opinion, ruling, finding
has particulars: justice, adjudication, disapproval, evaluation, rating, estimate, estimation, logistic assessment, value judgement, value judgment
OXFORD DICTIONARY
judgement, n. (also judgment)
1 the critical faculty; discernment (an error of judgement).
2 good sense.
3 an opinion or estimate (in my judgement).
4 the sentence of a court of justice; a decision by a judge.
5 often joc. a misfortune viewed as a deserved recompense (it is a judgement on you for getting up late).
6 criticism.
1 the critical faculty; discernment (an error of judgement).
2 good sense.
3 an opinion or estimate (in my judgement).
4 the sentence of a court of justice; a decision by a judge.
5 often joc. a misfortune viewed as a deserved recompense (it is a judgement on you for getting up late).
6 criticism.
Idiom
against one's better judgement contrary to what one really feels to be advisable. judgement by default see DEFAULT. Judgement Day the day on which the Last Judgement is believed to take place. judgement-seat a judge's seat; a tribunal. the Last Judgement (in some beliefs) the judgement of mankind expected to take place at the end of the world.
Etymology
ME f. OF jugement (as JUDGE)
THESAURUS
judgement
acumen, adjudication, appraisal, assessment, belief, censure, common sense, conclusion, condemnation, criticism, decision, decree, determination, disapproval, discernment, discretion, discrimination, estimation, evaluation, finding, good sense, intelligence, judgment, judiciousness, level-headedness, mind, opinion, order, outcome, perception, percipience, perspicacity, perspicuousness, prudence, reproof, result, ruling, sagacity, sentiment, shrewdness, understanding, upshot, valuation, verdict, view, way of thinking, wisdom, wit
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